Mr Griffiths will be remembered for his love of flying and his bravery in the Second World War when he was among those evacuated from Dunkirk and a member of the elite Glider Pilot Regiment involved in the D-Day landings.

In one of his most daring moments he escaped from a Nazi prisoner of war camp after being captured during a mission to transport men and machinery, used in the assault on Arnhem.

The Stalag Luft IVB camp at Muhlberg, near Leipzig was surrounded by 16ft barbed wire topped fences and watched by 200 armed guards but when the allies began closing in Sgt Griffiths and a group of other POWs seized the opportunity.

“We didn’t plan it,” he said. “We just seized the moment and ran like hell to a wooded area half a mile away and collapsed, exhausted.”

He was later rescued by Russian and American troops in the German town of Torgau.

France awarded him with the Legion d’Honneur in 2015. The French order of merit has been given to many veterans as a way of honouring and thanking those who fought and risked their lives to liberate France during the war.

In Norfolk Mr Griffith was an active member of the Norfolk Gliding Club, even in his 90s.

Mike Hoy, chairman of the club, paid tribute to him shortly after he passed away, calling him “an absolute star who will be sorely missed.”